The biology archive at Iubio, which is available via
anonymous ftp, may be accessed thru Bitnet using BITFTP.
Send the message "HELP" to BITFTP@PUCC for the complete
BitFtp document. Extract from BitFtp help:
BITFTP -- Princeton BITNET FTP Server
BITFTP provides a mail interface to the FTP portion
of the IBM TCP/IP product ("FAL") running on the
Princeton VM system, to allow BITNET/NetNorth/EARN users
to ftp files from sites on the Internet.
To use BITFTP, send mail containing your ftp commands to
"BITFTP@PUCC". The first command to BITFTP must be "FTP"
or "HELP".
The recommended syntax for ftp requests is:
FTP hostname
USER username password
QUIT
After the hostname on the FTP command, you may specify
"UUENCODE" or "NETDATA" to tell BITFTP the format in which
you wish to receive files.
(If the username is "anonymous", no password is required;
BITFTP will use your userid and nodeid as the password.)
The following is an example of an ftp request to Iubio archive:
$ Gmail
gMail> Send
gTo: BITFTP@PUCC.Bitnet
gSubj: ftp
FTP iubio.bio.indiana.edu
USER anonymous
DIR
ASCII
GET archive.doc
GET archive.lis
CD [archive.molbio.mac]
GET dottyplot.readme
GET dottyplot.hqx
QUIT